Ploiești
- Ploiești: What to See in Romania's Oil Town
Ploiești is an oil and industrial town in Prahova county, best treated as a short stop on the corridor between Bucharest and the Prahova Valley. Plan around the Nicolae Simache Clock Museum and the Ion Luca Caragiale Museum, then walk the old centre.
- Nicolae Simache Clock Museum, Ploiești: What to Expect
The Nicolae Simache Clock Museum in Ploiești is a collection laid out as a timeline of timekeeping, from sundials and sand clocks to astronomical clocks of the 1500s and enamelled pocket watches. Allow about an hour, go on a Tuesday to Sunday, and read the rooms in order.
- Pitești: A Short Stop in Argeș County
Pitești needs a few hours rather than a weekend: the squares around Piața Vasile Milea and Piața Primăriei, the Argeș County Museum and Biserica Sfânta Treime make the core of a visit, on the road towards the Argeș valley.
- Târgoviște: Chindia Tower, the Museum of Communism and How Long to Stay
Târgoviște is a Dâmbovița County town about 80 km north-west of Bucharest, with Chindia Tower and the Museum of Communism among its listed sights. Here is how it fits a day out from Bucharest and how much time to allow.
- Vălenii de Munte: what to see in the Teleajen valley town
Vălenii de Munte is a half-day stop in the Teleajen valley, with two small museums and a parish church within walking distance of each other. Here is what each sight covers, a sensible order for the centre, and how the town slots into a Prahova County trip.